Photo: Jeffrey Beall · CC BY 3.0Hudson’s building-damage rate from tornadoes is in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Hudson gets a B for hazard risk: lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns. Most of that expected damage is river and rain flooding (55%), then tornadoes (20%). FEMA’s files show no paid flood insurance claims here.
Graded on FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value (NRI v1.20, December 2025), weighted by where residents live; flood claims are shown, not graded. How hazard risk is graded
What Hudson faces
Each hazard’s share of the building damage FEMA expects here, and how its rate compares with the rest of the country.
River and rain flooding
Tornadoes
Hail
Wildfire
Shares are of FEMA’s expected building damage, the measure the grade uses; ranks compare each hazard’s building-damage rate with all 85,154 U.S. census tracts. In FEMA’s terms, river and rain flooding is FEMA’s “Inland Flooding” (rivers and streams overflowing their banks, or rain overwhelming drainage). FEMA defines coastal flooding as high or rising tides and storm surge, so surge damage is counted there. Drought isn’t listed: FEMA counts its losses in crops only.
What’s behind Hudson’s grade
River and rain flooding is 55% of the building damage FEMA expects in Hudson, and Hudson’s rate of river and rain flooding damage is lower than 68% of U.S. census tracts. Tornadoes add 20%, at a rate in the top 4% of U.S. census tracts.
B lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns (21,298).
Hudson’s residents live in 3 census tracts; FEMA’s figures are combined by where they live.
In dollars, FEMA expects about $790K a year in losses across Hudson: $391K to buildings, the rest to people and crops.
Does Hudson flood? No paid flood claims on record
FEMA’s records show no paid flood insurance claims in Hudson. That’s not a promise: most homes don’t carry flood insurance, so small floods go unrecorded.
Hudson isn’t in FEMA’s Community Rating System, which cuts flood insurance up to 45% in towns that do extra flood-proofing.
Insurance rates: Weld County.1 federal disaster brought FEMA money to Hudson
Disasters that paid out in Hudson itself (aid to households or repair grants to the Town of Hudson), newest first, with that year’s flood claims.
- 2013Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides1 households applied for aid$249 aid approved
Weld County has had 12 natural disasters declared by the President since 1953, most often severe storms, then floods. Not counted: the 2005 Hurricane Katrina evacuee emergency, which covered counties that took in evacuees.
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Hudson is 2nd of the 2 graded towns here, from least expected damage per building to most. Tap a town to see its hazards.
| Town | Hazard risk | Mostly (buildings) | Flood claims |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lochbuie | A−less damage than 75% | river and rain flooding | — |
| Hudson | Bless damage than 58% | river and rain flooding | 0 |
Hazard risk = FEMA’s expected yearly building damage per dollar of building value, vs. the 21,298 U.S. towns we grade; the map is shaded by fifths of the same scale. Flood claims = paid federal flood insurance claims on record.
Get ready for what Hudson faces
A short kit for the hazards that drive the building damage here, what to check before you buy, and where neighbors get alerts.
- Turn around at flooded roads: a foot of moving water can carry off a car.
- Flood insurance usually takes 30 days to start, so buy it before the forecast.
- Keep papers and medicines up high, in a grab-and-go bag.
- Pick your spot now: the lowest floor, an inside room, no windows.
- A watch means be ready; a warning means take cover now.
- Keep shoes and a flashlight by the bed.
- Park in a garage or under cover when storms are forecast.
- Stay away from windows while it falls.
- Photograph roof and car damage for your insurer.
- Clear dead leaves and brush within 5 feet of the house.
- Sign up for local alerts and know two ways out.
- Keep N95 masks for smoky days.
- Look up the address on FEMA’s flood map.
- Ask the seller or landlord whether it has ever flooded, and what flood insurance costs there.
- Get a flood insurance quote early: policies usually start 30 days after you buy.
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Questions about natural hazards in Hudson
Is Hudson at risk for natural disasters?
On FEMA’s National Risk Index, Hudson has lower expected damage per building than 58% of U.S. towns: B for hazard risk. Most of the expected damage is river and rain flooding (55%) and tornadoes (20%). This is FEMA’s model of an average year for today’s buildings, not a forecast.
Is Hudson in a flood zone?
Flood zones are drawn street by street, so the answer depends on the address: look it up on FEMA’s flood map. In Weld County, 12% of homes in mapped flood zones carry federal flood insurance, and 0.3% of all homes do.
How much is flood insurance in Hudson?
FEMA’s Community Rating System list shows no discount for Hudson’s flood program. Premiums depend on the building; policies usually start 30 days after you buy, so get a quote early.
What was the biggest storm in Hudson?
By FEMA money that reached Hudson, Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides (2013): 1 households applied for aid, $249 approved.
Is Hudson at risk from river and rain flooding?
It is the largest share of the building damage FEMA expects here (55%), and Hudson’s rate for it is lower than 68% of U.S. census tracts.
Storm stories
Memories, warnings and help from neighbors in Hudson.
Sources: FEMA National Risk Index v1.20 (December 2025), census-tract table, combined by where Hudson’s residents lived in the 2020 census; OpenFEMA: NFIP redacted claims, multiple-loss properties, community status book and residential penetration rates, housing assistance (owners and renters), public assistance funded projects, hazard mitigation properties and disaster declarations. Homes: Census ACS 2020–24. Preparedness tips: Ready.gov. FEMA’s model is an average of expected damage, not a forecast. How hazard risk is graded.